#C49931#C49931

#C49931 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.127 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49931
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 5.90, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 57.90, 84.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0107 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.127 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7127, 34.7424, 7.7828)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49931 #315CC4

analogous

#C44F31 #C49931 #A5C431

triadic

#C49931 #31C499 #9931C4

tetradic

#C49931 #31C44F #315CC4 #C431A5

square

#C49931 #31C44F #315CC4 #C431A5

split-complementary

#C49931 #31A5C4 #4F31C4

monochromatic

#624D19 #937325 #C49931 #D6B25C #E2C98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C49931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#C49931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49931

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49931	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.127 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab670',
    500: '#c49931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49931;
$custom-light: #dab670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70519,
    "c": 0.12729,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49931

secondary

#8499CD

accent

#73E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49931

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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